Feu de joie () A fire kindled in a public place in token of joy; a bonfire; a firing of guns in token of joy.
Feudist (n.) A writer on feuds; a person versed in feudal law.
Feuillants (n. pl.) A reformed branch of the Bernardines, founded in 1577 at Feuillans, near Toulouse, in France.
Feuillemort (a.) Having the color of a faded leaf.
Feuilleton (n.) A part of a French newspaper (usually the bottom of the page), devoted to light literature, criticism, etc.; also, the article or tale itself, thus printed.
Feuilltonist (n.) A writer of feuilletons.
feuter (v. t.) To set close; to fix in rest, as a spear.
Feuterer (n.) A dog keeper.
Fever (n.) A diseased state of the system, marked by increased heat, acceleration of the pulse, and a general derangement of the functions, including usually, thirst and loss of appetite. Many diseases, of which fever is the most prominent symptom, are denominated fevers; as, typhoid fever; yellow fever.
Fever (n.) Excessive excitement of the passions in consequence of strong emotion; a condition of great excitement; as, this quarrel has set my blood in a fever.
Fevered (imp. & p. p.) of Fever
Fevering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Fever
Fever (v. t.) To put into a fever; to affect with fever; as, a fevered lip.
Feveret (n.) A slight fever.
Feverfew (n.) A perennial plant (Pyrethrum, / Chrysanthemum, Parthenium) allied to camomile, having finely divided leaves and white blossoms; -- so named from its supposed febrifugal qualities.
Feverish (a.) Having a fever; suffering from, or affected with, a moderate degree of fever; showing increased heat and thirst; as, the patient is feverish.
Feverish (a.) Indicating, or pertaining to, fever; characteristic of a fever; as, feverish symptoms.
Feverish (a.) Hot; sultry.
Feverish (a.) Disordered as by fever; excited; restless; as, the feverish condition of the commercial world.
Feverous (a.) Affected with fever or ague; feverish.
Feverous (a.) Pertaining to, or having the nature of, fever; as, a feverous pulse.
Feverous (a.) Having the tendency to produce fever; as, a feverous disposition of the year.
Feverously (adv.) Feverishly.
Feverwort (n.) See Fever root, under Fever.
Fevery (a.) Feverish.
Few (superl.) Not many; small, limited, or confined in number; -- indicating a small portion of units or individuals constituing a whole; often, by ellipsis of a noun, a few people.
Fewel (n.) Fuel.
Fewmet (n.) See Fumet.
Fewness (n.) The state of being few; smallness of number; paucity.
Fewness (n.) Brevity; conciseness.
Fey (a.) Fated; doomed.
Fey (n.) Faith.
Fey (v. t.) To cleanse; to clean out.
Feyne (v. t.) To feign.
Feyre (n.) A fair or market.
Fez (n.) A felt or cloth cap, usually red and having a tassel, -- a variety of the tarboosh. See Tarboosh.
Fiacre (n.) A kind of French hackney coach.
Fiance (v. t.) To betroth; to affiance.
Fiance (n.) A betrothed man.
Fiancee (n.) A betrothed woman.
Fiants (n.) The dung of the fox, wolf, boar, or badger.
Fiar (n.) One in whom the property of an estate is vested, subject to the estate of a life renter.
Fiar (n.) The price of grain, as legally fixed, in the counties of Scotland, for the current year.
Fiascoes (pl. ) of Fiasco
Fiasco (n.) A complete or ridiculous failure, esp. of a musical performance, or of any pretentious undertaking.
Fiat (n.) An authoritative command or order to do something; an effectual decree.
Fiat (n.) A warrant of a judge for certain processes.
Fiat (n.) An authority for certain proceedings given by the Lord Chancellor's signature.
Fiaunt (n.) Commission; fiat; order; decree.
Fib (n.) A falsehood; a lie; -- used euphemistically.
Fibbed (imp. & p. p.) of Fib
Fibbing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Fib
Fib (v. i.) To speak falsely.
Fib (v. t.) To tell a fib to.
Fibber (n.) One who tells fibs.
Fiber (n.) Alt. of Fibre
Fibre (n.) One of the delicate, threadlike portions of which the tissues of plants and animals are in part constituted; as, the fiber of flax or of muscle.
Fibre (n.) Any fine, slender thread, or threadlike substance; as, a fiber of spun glass; especially, one of the slender rootlets of a plant.
Fibre (n.) Sinew; strength; toughness; as, a man of real fiber.
Fibre (n.) A general name for the raw material, such as cotton, flax, hemp, etc., used in textile manufactures.
Fibered (a.) Alt. of Fibred
Fibred (a.) Having fibers; made up of fibers.
Fiber-faced (a.) Alt. of Fibre-faced
Fibre-faced (a.) Having a visible fiber embodied in the surface of; -- applied esp. to a kind of paper for checks, drafts, etc.
Fiberless (a.) Alt. of Fibreless
Fibreless (a.) Having no fibers; destitute of fibers or fiber.
Fibriform (a.) Having the form of a fiber or fibers; resembling a fiber.
Fibril (n.) A small fiber; the branch of a fiber; a very slender thread; a fibrilla.
FibrillAe (pl. ) of Fibrilla
Fibrilla (n.) A minute thread of fiber, as one of the fibrous elements of a muscular fiber; a fibril.
Fibrillar (a.) Of or pertaining to fibrils or fibers; as, fibrillar twitchings.
Fibrillary (a.) Of of pertaining to fibrils.
Fibrillated (a.) Furnished with fibrils; fringed.
Fibrillation (n.) The state of being reduced to fibers.
Fibrillose (a.) Covered with hairlike appendages, as the under surface of some lichens; also, composed of little strings or fibers; as, fibrillose appendages.
Fibrillous (a.) Pertaining to, or composed of, fibers.
Fibrin (n.) A white, albuminous, fibrous substance, formed in the coagulation of the blood either by decomposition of fibrinogen, or from the union of fibrinogen and paraglobulin which exist separately in the blood. It is insoluble in water, but is readily digestible in gastric and pancreatic juice.
Fibrin (n.) The white, albuminous mass remaining after washing lean beef or other meat with water until all coloring matter is removed; the fibrous portion of the muscle tissue; flesh fibrin.
Fibrin (n.) An albuminous body, resembling animal fibrin in composition, found in cereal grains and similar seeds; vegetable fibrin.
Fibrination (n.) The state of acquiring or having an excess of fibrin.
Fibrine (a.) Belonging to the fibers of plants.
Fibrinogen (n.) An albuminous substance existing in the blood, and in other animal fluids, which either alone or with fibrinoplastin or paraglobulin forms fibrin, and thus causes coagulation.
Fibrinogenous (a.) Possessed of properties similar to fibrinogen; capable of forming fibrin.
Fibrinoplastic (a.) Like fibrinoplastin; capable of forming fibrin when brought in contact with fibrinogen.
Fibrinoplastin (n.) An albuminous substance, existing in the blood, which in combination with fibrinogen forms fibrin; -- called also paraglobulin.
Fibrinous (a.) Having, or partaking of the properties of, fibrin; as, fibrious exudation.
Fibrocartilage (n.) A kind of cartilage with a fibrous matrix and approaching fibrous connective tissue in structure.
Fibrochondrosteal (a.) Partly fibrous, partly cartilaginous, and partly osseous.
Fibroid (a.) Resembling or forming fibrous tissue; made up of fibers; as, fibroid tumors.
Fibroid (n.) A fibroid tumor; a fibroma.
Fibroin (n.) A variety of gelatin; the chief ingredient of raw silk, extracted as a white amorphous mass.
Fibrolite (n.) A silicate of alumina, of fibrous or columnar structure. It is like andalusite in composition; -- called also sillimanite, and bucholizite.
Fibroma (n.) A tumor consisting mainly of fibrous tissue, or of same modification of such tissue.
Fibrospongiae (n. pl.) An order of sponges having a fibrous skeleton, including the commercial sponges.
Fibrous (a.) Containing, or consisting of, fibers; as, the fibrous coat of the cocoanut; the fibrous roots of grasses.
Fibrovascular (a.) Containing woody fiber and ducts, as the stems of all flowering plants and ferns; -- opposed to cellular.
Fibster (n.) One who tells fibs.
FibulAe (pl. ) of Fibula
Fibula (n.) A brooch, clasp, or buckle.
Fibula (n.) The outer and usually the smaller of the two bones of the leg, or hind limb, below the knee.